美好 měihǎo beautiful
beautiful; fine
How to remember 美好: 美 beautiful + 好 good = beautiful.
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How it is used
- Literary, attributive adjective for abstract things being beautiful or wonderful - life, the future, memories.
- 美好的未来 (měihǎo de wèilái) - a beautiful/bright future; 美好的回忆 - fond memories.
- Cannot describe a person's or object's physical looks - for that use 漂亮 (piàoliang, pretty) or 好看 (hǎokàn, good-looking).
- Common in speeches, greeting-card language, and slogans, giving it a slightly formal or sentimental tone rather than everyday chit-chat.
Example sentences
- 世界真美好。 Shìjiè zhēn měihǎo.The world is beautiful.
- 真是美好的一天。 Zhēnshì měihǎo de yītiān.This is a great day.
- 把美好的回忆留在心中。 Bǎ měihǎo de huíyì liú zài xīnzhōng.Hold your beautiful memories in your heart.